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Patented April 20,1880.

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A. S. ROBINSON. Heel-Stiffener and O0unter-Supp0rt. No 226,792

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT S. ROBINSON, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ANNA M. ROBINSONAND JAMES GLEDHILL, OF SAME PLACE.

HEEL-STIFFENER AND COUNTER-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,792, dated April20, 1880.

Application filed March 8, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. ROBINSON, of Albany, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Heel-Stilfeners and Counter- Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a metallic device applicable toany boot or shoe heel for stiffening the heel and supporting thecounter. Protectors of this character have heretofore been made; but asconstructed and attached they are liable to become loose and to split orseparate the heel.

My invention consists in a plate formed with a flat head for hearing onthe counter, a flange at the opposite end to rest beneath the heel, anda tongue intermediate of the ends, for entering the upper portion of theheel. The device is secured by a screw passed upward through the bottomflange and through the tongue, so that the heel is clamped between theflange and tongue and the'device held firmly.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa cross-section of a heel fitted with the device. Fig. 2

is a perspective view of the device separately.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is my improved heel-stiffener and counter-support, which is formedwith a broad end or head, a, of a shape for bearing upon the side of thecounter, with the end flange,

b, and intermediate tongue or lug, c, the flange b andtonguc 0 beingformed with apertures for receiving the screw.

The device is applied to a heel in the manner shown, with the flange bbeneath the heel in a recess formed to receive it, and the tongue 0entering a mortise that is formed in the upper portion or base of theheel. A sorewyd, is entered at the bottom of the heel through theaperture in flange b, and extends through the material and through thetongue 0, the aperture of which is preferably threaded to hold the screwmore securely.

It will be seen that the screw (1, while retaining the plate in place,also clamps the heel between the flange and tongue and prevents thelifts from separating. The tongue 0 gives additional support to thedevice, and the weight of the wearer tends to hold the device to theheel instead of separating it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The described heel-stiftener and countersupport,consisting of a plate formed with head a and provided with the endflange, b, and intermediate tongue, 0, that are apertured for receivinga screw, applied substantially as described and shown.

ALBERT S. ROBINSON.

Witnesses EDGAR JEROME, PETER NEWMAN.

